RUTHERFORD COUNTY, Tenn. (WGNS News) – Members of the Rutherford County Board of Education recently authorized the acquisition of a vital parcel of land to further accommodate the growing school system. Highlighting the newly approved land transaction off Blackman Road, known as the Dismukes property, school board member Butch Vaughn told WGNS that the board voted in favor of buying the 86 acres earlier this month…
Vaughn, a retired educator and former school principal himself, emphasized the urgency of securing the tract of land to build another high school.
A lot is happening in the Blackman area, where Poplar Hill Elementary School sits approximately 1,000 feet south of the Dismukes property. And adjacent to the existing elementary school is the site of a new middle school campus, a project that is nearing completion…